What else will Disney buy?

Mr. Darcy · 2012-11-01 16:37:33

So Disney has announced the purchase of Lucasfilm for $4 billion, not long after paying as much for Marvel. What, if anything, will they buy next?

Walt Disney Studios is fast approaching, but not yet reaching, the point where it starts competing with itself (call this "the Starbucks problem"). The Walt Disney Animation Studio and Pixar each put out a film per year, enough together to saturate the November-December family blockbuster season (though one is typically released in summer). Marvel Studios puts out two movies a year for the May-July blockbuster season. If they're going to be making a Star Wars movie every other year, adding just one more "tent pole" franchise will fill the blockbuster seasons with a Disney film per month. And that's assuming they're retiring the Pirates series!

Salix Babylonika · 2012-11-01 16:38:15

The McDonald's Corporation.

Together, they will rule the galaxy.

Imipolex G · 2012-11-01 16:39:57

What if everything were owned by one company

and that company was Anonus Inc.

Obā-san · 2012-11-01 16:40:11

YOUR MOM

Mr. Darcy · 2012-11-01 16:52:41

No, seriously.

One possibility is Hasbro, which would add the Transformers franchise that's already grossed $2.7 billion and already makes the toys for Marvel and Lucasfilm.
CONS: Every non-Transformers Hasbro movie has flopped, Disney has closer ties to rival Mattel.

Or they could buy James Cameron before he makes those Avatar sequels.

Misery · 2012-11-01 16:54:14

Fox? I dunno.

Gelzo · 2012-11-01 17:08:18

Instagram.

Tre · 2012-11-01 17:16:54

SKULLBOY ENTERTAINMENT lol no

Salix Babylonika · 2012-11-01 17:20:21

Tre said:
SKULLBOY ENTERTAINMENT lol no

Tre · 2012-11-01 17:24:58

To be more serious, maybe Didney would benefit from fully buying A+E Networks.

Possibly.

Hexartes · 2012-11-01 17:27:54

Disney will become its own competition and this will continue for so long that people will forget that Disney was ever one company. Chaos ensues. Society collapses. A small group of Disney employees will be the sole bastion of law in the wasteland that was once Earth. They become more and more influential in our Neo-Dark Age, eventually returning order to the land. Disney, as the new leaders of the world slowly incorporate the Kingdom of Pixar, the Duchy of LucasFilm, and the barony of Miramax into its empire.

Disney buys itself, is what I'm saying.

Imipolex G · 2012-11-01 17:31:31

Sometimes I've thought about a world which is literally owned by Wal-Mart so that basically the whole thing is one giant Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart World.

Disney might be worse

Tre · 2012-11-01 17:38:22

the barony of miramax isn't owned by didney anymore

Justice4243 · 2012-11-01 17:39:25

No, seriously.

One possibility is Hasbro, which would add the Transformers franchise that's already grossed $2.7

Someone at Hasbro laughed all the way to the McDonalds with that money and used it to buy almost half of a value meal.

Mr. Darcy · 2012-11-01 17:42:29

^ Fixed. :P

Justice4243 · 2012-11-01 17:51:05

Gilda said:
No, seriously.

One possibility is Hasbro, which would add the Transformers franchise that's already grossed $2.7 billion

Someone at Hasbro laughed all the way to the McDonalds with that money and used it to buy almost half of a billion value meals.

They where not very responsible with that money.

Hexartes · 2012-11-01 17:57:20

I'm very confused.

Princess Alice · 2012-11-01 18:11:13

Imipölex G said:
Sometimes I've thought about a world which is literally owned by Wal-Mart so that basically the whole thing is one giant Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart World.

Disney might be worse

Have you ever seen WALL-E? That's pretty much what destroyed the Earth...

Imipolex G · 2012-11-01 18:22:10

I have not seen WALL-E.

That must be a depressing movie

Corporal Forsythe · 2012-11-01 18:24:09

They just bought 11.975MHz from me

Best $2.79 I've ever earned

Salix Babylonika · 2012-11-01 18:24:50

Corporal Forsythe said:
They just bought 11.975MHz from me

Best $2.79 I've ever earned

so does that mean that Deco is a Disney Princess.

Corporal Forsythe · 2012-11-01 18:27:35

No, she'll be cleaning out the wastebins at the employee cafe underground at Disneyland

Hexartes · 2012-11-01 18:28:16

Imipölex G said:
I have not seen WALL-E.

That must be a depressing movie

Surprisingly, no.

But it has a lot of dark humor for a Pixar movie.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-11-01 18:28:29

Ah.

Also, Lunchbox should prepare for a whitewashing.

Can't have any characters with dark skin in our works, that'd just be weird.

Hexartes · 2012-11-01 18:29:37

Super Läzuli said:
Ah.
Also, Lunchbox should prepare for a whitewashing.
Can't have any characters with dark skin in our works, that'd just be weird.

...?

Salix Babylonika · 2012-11-01 18:31:35

Disney (used to) have a weird habit of making characters lighter-skinned when adapting works.

Not so much anymore.

Imipolex G · 2012-11-01 19:12:45

They're gonna make Fussy Britches wear clothes

Corporal Forsythe · 2012-11-01 19:18:45

Imipölex G said:
They're gonna make Fussy Britches wear clothes

uh oh

Justice4243 · 2012-11-01 19:35:56

Wait, so it's OK for Donald Duck to run around without pants, but not Fussy Britches?!

That's some kinda fucked up double standard there!

Corporal Forsythe · 2012-11-01 20:32:17

you know what would be awesome

if Disney took over the United States' healthcare and switched every ambulance siren to 130 decible Donald Duck cursing gibberish

KJI · 2012-11-01 20:32:57

you know what would be awesome

if Disney took over the United States' healthcare and made it functional

Aliroz · 2012-11-02 09:46:40

You know what would be awesome?

If Famous Dead Mormons stopped posting.

Corporal Forsythe · 2012-11-02 10:02:17

Aliroz_ said:
You know what would be awesome?

If Famous Dead Mormons stopped posting.

Ace Rimmer · 2012-11-02 11:17:24

Aliroz_ said:
You know what would be awesome?

If Famous Dead Mormons stopped posting.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-11-02 15:09:40

Aliroz_ said:
You know what would be awesome?

If Famous Dead Mormons stopped posting.

There's no reaction image here. I'm just agreeing with him.

Hexartes · 2012-11-02 15:12:02

Super Läzuli said:

Aliroz_ said:
You know what would be awesome?

If Famous Dead Mormons stopped posting.

There's no reaction image here. I'm just agreeing with him.

What's so bad about FDM?

I mean, even if he is annoying, isn't what you're saying kind of mean?

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